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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gKXowSyfjM Hollywood never gets tired of making wedding movies. The latest one is called, “Irish Wish,” starring Lindsay Lohan and Ed Speleers of Downton Abby fame. You’ll find it streaming at Netflix. The movie dives into themes of unrequited love and careful-what-you-wish-for plot gyrations that, of course, are totally predictable.…

The Knot reports that the average age women got married in 2022 was 30 years and 32 for men. Median marrying ages have been creeping up for decades. In 2000, the median marrying age was 26.8 for men and 25.1 for women, raising the question: when is a person ready…

We discussed dumb bachelor party ideas in a previous blogpost. So many dumb ideas abound when it comes to this ritual, that Hollywood has devoted considerable energy to producing scores of bachelor party movies. Here are a few of the best. The Hangover https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcdUhdOlz9M&t=9s This 2009 comedy was a smash…

Who knows how many books have been written that supposedly reveal the secret to a happy marriage? They are countless, because there’s probably no single secret. The late, great celebrity chef, Julia Child, had a simple formula: “The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know…

Mothers-in-law have been the butt of jokes down through the ages. American sitcoms provide fodder with their often hilarious portrayals of mothers-in-law. Since readers of this blog are interested in planning their wedding and merging two families into one, let’s look at how to be a good mother-in-law. A serious…

The media is noticing. The Wall Street Journal ran yet another piece touting the case for marriage. They reported on the mystifying tendency of married couples to become wealthier than their non-married counterparts in a November 7th piece (“Moving in Together Doesn’t Match the Financial Benefits of Marriage, but Why?”).…